Guyana News

A miner, who was allegedly transporting two bags of rice filled with cannabis, was arrested yesterday morning at the Bartica stelling.

Ryan Edwards, accused of stealing two security cameras, was on Thursday granted bail after he denied the crime.

British businessman, Duncan Turnbull and his partners have invested in a 1000-acre estate in the Pomeroon River, the Ministry of Agriculture says.

Guyana will on Monday host  consultations on the use of marijuana as part of CARICOM’s  call for ”careful in-depth research” to inform decision-making on the issue.

President David Granger yesterday reported on his administration’s stewardship of the country in the nearly two and a half years since it assumed office, but his state of the nation address to the National Assembly was mostly drowned out by heckling members of the opposition, who staged a protest in the parliamentary chambers.

As part of its legislative agenda in the new parliamentary session, the APNU+AFC administration will be moving to strengthen anti-corruption legislation, President David Granger said yesterday.

Newly appointed Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), retired Justice James Patterson yesterday clarified that he was never substantive Chief Justice of Grenada but had acted in the position for a short period of time, a fact he accidentally excluded from the Curriculum Vitae (CV) he had submitted to President David Granger.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday affirmed the 25-year sentence imposed by a High Court judge upon Dineshwar Sooklall for the brutal 2004 rape and killing of 12-year-old Julie Johanna Sooklall of Wakenaam.

-GPHC, NPTAB officials rapped The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has cleared Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence of any wrongdoing in connection with the purchase of $632m worth of  drugs  by GPHC that breached the procurement law however questions will linger as one commissioner did not sign the report.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) yesterday staged a demonstration outside of the Public Buildings against President David Granger’s controversial appointment of retired judge James Patterson as the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman.

Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud’s ability to continue to act in his position has “become untenable” and he should be made to resign under terms considered appropriate by President David Granger, or if he fails to do so, be removed for misbehaviour, according to the final report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the police force’s handling of an alleged plot to kill the president.

BK International Inc. received an additional $195M despite failing to construct the full length of the new access road to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) , according to a performance audit conducted by the Auditor Office, which also found that the project was marred by millions of dollars in overpayments, numerous delays and unauthorized works.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba has been  signed in Havana, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

A 19-year-old West Ruimveldt resident died after the motorcycle he was riding yesterday afternoon slammed into a pick-up truck.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) yesterday said it is conducting an investigation to ascertain the circumstances that led to the crash of an Air Services Limited, Britten-Norman Islander aircraft – bearing registration number 8R-GER, at the Chenapau airstrip.

A young man was charged yesterday with the theft of a wallet during a robbery.

Steve Fiedtkou, who was on trial for causing the death of his wife last year after the motorcycle they were travelling on was hit by a car, had the charge against him withdrawn on Wednesday.

A city magistrate yesterday fined and sentenced a landscaper to three years in jail, after he admitted to being in possession of  cannabis, which he claimed was for his asthmatic nephew.

A young man yesterday blamed hard times for him robbing a 15-year-old of a cellphone and he was sentenced to three months in jail for the crime.

A Mahdia man was yesterday granted his release on $100,000 bail after being charged with the fraudulent conversion of almost three quarters of a million dollars.